Later Life
On his return to England in 1887, Grant Duff devoted himself to the arts and sciences. He was Lord Rector of University of Aberdeen from 1866–72. He was member of the Athenaem, the Cosmopolitan Club, Literary Society, Grillion's Club, Breakfast Club and served as the president of the Royal Geographical Society from 1889 to 1892 and president of the Royal Historical Society from 1892 to 1899. He was treasurer of the exclusive dining club known simply as The Club from 1893. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1881, and was appointed a trustee of the British Museum in 1903.
Grant Duff also served as Chairman of the Liberty and Property Defence League established to curb socialist tendencies in the Liberal Party.
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